Hey there.

I’m trying to make PR auto approve basing on following logic:
   - modified files are in “dir1”: PR auto approve is triggered

   - modified files are in “dir1” and “dir2”: PR auto approve is not triggered

Officially:

… you can configure a workflow to run when … at least one modified file matches the configured “paths” …

So each of following code examples auto-approves PR even if modified files are not only in “dir1”, but in “dir2” as well.

on:
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - 'dir1/**'
on:

pull_request:

paths:

- 'dir1/'

- '!dir2/'
on:

pull_request:

paths:

- '!dir2/**'

How can I restrict “paths” search pattern to trigger PR approving only if “dir1” is the only place with modified files?